Hitch pin broke

I would call BlueOx directly and try to speak with their technical help. They may be very interested to hear how their part failed.

JMHO...I'd call the insurance company asap.

Those pins should not fail like that. I don't think I would trust the set up again until it was inspected professionally.

Thanks!

Jeremiah

Insurance was called last night. Since it's an RV and a car there are 2 claims for it. Just talked to Blue Ox and depending on what the pictures show they may end up paying what the insurance does not. Unfortunately we are now waiting on the insurance company to do their bit, according to them it could be tomorrow before we get the adjuster to just call us on the car claim. "Coming up on our busy time" is their response on the slow calls ......

PyrateSilly wrote:
Insurance was called last night. Since it's an RV and a car there are 2 claims for it. Just talked to Blue Ox and depending on what the pictures show they may end up paying what the insurance does not. Unfortunately we are now waiting on the insurance company to do their bit, according to them it could be tomorrow before we get the adjuster to just call us on the car claim. "Coming up on our busy time" is their response on the slow calls ......

Make sure the adjuster knows exactly what happened and what part failed. They may go after Blue Ox if it's deemed their fault. If they do, then you need to follow up with them to make sure that you don't have a claim against your insurance.

Jim

This is exactly why we use a grade #8 bolt and metallic stop nut. chinch it down good an tight and nothing moves.
And it is a hell of a lot cheaper than getting two vehicles fixed.

TucsonJim wrote:

PyrateSilly wrote:
Insurance was called last night. Since it's an RV and a car there are 2 claims for it. Just talked to Blue Ox and depending on what the pictures show they may end up paying what the insurance does not. Unfortunately we are now waiting on the insurance company to do their bit, according to them it could be tomorrow before we get the adjuster to just call us on the car claim. "Coming up on our busy time" is their response on the slow calls ......

Make sure the adjuster knows exactly what happened and what part failed. They may go after Blue Ox if it's deemed their fault. If they do, then you need to follow up with them to make sure that you don't have a claim against your insurance.

Jim

Does Blue Ox provide the hitch pin ??
If not why would they make good on anything?

Moved to Dinghy Towing forum from Towing.

One of these, towbar to coach trailer hitch receiver? Or something else in the towing rig? Can you post a picture?

Tom/Barb wrote:

TucsonJim wrote:

PyrateSilly wrote:
Insurance was called last night. Since it's an RV and a car there are 2 claims for it. Just talked to Blue Ox and depending on what the pictures show they may end up paying what the insurance does not. Unfortunately we are now waiting on the insurance company to do their bit, according to them it could be tomorrow before we get the adjuster to just call us on the car claim. "Coming up on our busy time" is their response on the slow calls ......

Make sure the adjuster knows exactly what happened and what part failed. They may go after Blue Ox if it's deemed their fault. If they do, then you need to follow up with them to make sure that you don't have a claim against your insurance.

Jim

Does Blue Ox provide the hitch pin ??
If not why would they make good on anything?

Read the OP's second post and he clearly states that Blue Ox is considering paying for what the insurance company wont. And then my post says "if it's deemed their fault". The point of the post is to make sure the adjuster has the facts and can pursue a financial settlement with Blue Ox if their part caused the damage.

Kinda update:
We had only flat towed the car from Los Angeles to Vegas and back again last year. This is only the 2nd time we have flat towed it. My other half is an engineer and double and triple checks everything more than once. So to have the equipment do that only after a few times using it ..... Once things are fixed we are actually going on the road as my other half is going contractor for several companies.

The first opening the insurance company has to do an estimate on the car is Thursday. 3 days after the accident. So taking the fender off and stuff to look to see everything else we don't want to do until they do that estimate. The car is still drivable so we don't have to mess with a rental while we are out of our base at the moment. Thou we may need to rent a small trailer to put the car on as we will not tow with things broke. Not sure when they can get to do the estimate on the MH as they don't know when yet themselves.

Glad there's at least some degree of progress. What was the location of this Hitch Pin? Holding Tow Bar to Car (which would mean one pin on each side)? Tow Bar to Coach (just one pin)? Or somewhere else...?